Periodontal disease as a risk factor for sporadic colorectal cancer: results from COLDENT study.

Cancer Causes Control

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University, 2001 McGill College Avenue, Suite 500, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.

Published: March 2022

Colorectal cancer remains the top leading cancer worldwide. Accumulating evidence suggests periodontal pathogens are involved in colorectal carcinogenesis, indicating the need for high-quality epidemiological evidence linking periodontal disease (PD) and colorectal cancer (CRC). Thus, we conducted the first population-based case-control study that was specifically designed to investigate the association between compromised oral health and sporadic CRC. A total of 348 incident cases of colon or rectal cancer, and 310 age and sex frequency-matched controls, from the Montreal island and Laval population participated in the study. Data were collected on PD and on several CRC risk factors using validated questionnaires. A life-course approach was used to document long-term history regarding lifestyle factors. Multivariable unconditional logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the rate ratio (RR) quantifying the association between CRC and PD. Results showed that the rate of new diagnosis of CRC in persons with a positive history of PD was 1.45 times higher than in those with a negative history of PD adjusting for age, sex, BMI, education, income, diabetes, family history of CRC, regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, lifetime cumulative smoking, lifetime consumption of red meats, processed meats, and alcoholic drinks, and lifetime total physical activity score (adjusted RR = 1.45; 95% CI 1.04-2.01; p = 0.026). Our results support the hypothesis of an association between PD and sporadic CRC risk.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8821510PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-021-01541-yDOI Listing

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